Show BIG FIRE IN RACINE i Blaze Sweeps tho Manufacturing District Dis-trict and Damage Amounting to 30OOOO Follows Racine Wls May 31Flre this afternoon af-ternoon swept the southern manufacturing manufac-turing district of tho city doing about PSOOOOO damage The losses in part follow fol-low Racine Boat Manufacturing company com-pany factory lumber 115000 J I Case Threshing Machine shops 5150000 Standard Oil company tanks and sheds 325000 half a dozen residences and small factories 15000 The fire started In the boiler room of the Racine Boat Manufacturing company com-pany and before the firemen had arrived ar-rived a tank of gasoline which was stored nearby for use In the gasoline boats built by the company exploded A tower of name 300 feet high shot up Into the air but as It was Sunday no one was about the factories and no one was injured |